Scholarship on work and family topics expanded in scope and coverage during the 2000–
2010 decade, spurred by an increased diversity of workplaces and of families, by …

High levels of maternal employment in the United States and throughout the world have led
to substantive changes in the rearing of infants and young children (Waldfogel, 2002) …

American families and workplaces have both changed dramatically over the past half-
century. Paid work by women has increased sharply, as has family instability. Education …

Nationally, 15% of children younger than 5 years regularly attend more than 1 child‐care
arrangement. An association between arrangement multiplicity and children's behavior …

Early education and care programs (EEC) serve important functions in promoting children's
school readiness skills and supporting parental employment. Yet knowledge remains limited …

This study investigated the longitudinal effects of family structure changes and housing
instability in adolescence on functioning in the transition to adulthood. A model examined …

Because children from low-income families benefit from preschool but are less likely than
other children to enroll, identifying factors that promote their enrollment can support research …

Social science inquiries of American agriculture have long recognized the inextricability of
farm households and farm businesses. Efforts to train and support farmers, however, often …

Objective This study analyzes the relationships between parental working schedules and
several aspects of child‐care arrangements for young children in low‐income single‐mother …

Given large numbers of children attending center-based child care and considerable
teacher and child mobility, it is important to study correlates and outcomes of children …